Brown Escher (need pic)

[linguist]

i need a brown escher hone picture. can anyone post it?
thanks

[hig789]

I don't think the stone you speak of exists. I think the term was coined my SHam and he has since said that he was wrong I calling it that.

[Chefbaze]

This isnt mine..I copied and pasted from another site.I hope there are no rules against this, and it helps you.........
Taken from From other site:



I THOUGHT TO make separate thread then decide not to do so.
from left to righ
BARBER'S delight y/g
Barber's delight y/g
Yellow green regular size
light green 8 1/5
light green 10 inch
brown escher last on the line.
Top believe or not very similar to droescher stone but will do same quality job as y/g escher
bottom one
special stone only for good straight razor.

i hope you will like and and enjoy
i didn't include my everyday y/g escher. it has been used a lot and love that stone.
last picture show 's stamp on the brown escher.
Says very fine.

[Disburden]

Those are shams stones, he runs razorandstone.com

Brown escher is not really an escher but a very very rare french stone called special stone, it can be used with oil unlike eschers and thuringians. See razorandstone.com and ask sham his name there is hibudgl.


Nick

This isnt mine..I copied and pasted from another site.I hope there are no rules against this, and it helps you.........
Taken from From other site:



I THOUGHT TO make separate thread then decide not to do so.
from left to righ
BARBER'S delight y/g
Barber's delight y/g
Yellow green regular size
light green 8 1/5
light green 10 inch
brown escher last on the line.
Top believe or not very similar to droescher stone but will do same quality job as y/g escher
bottom one
special stone only for good straight razor.

i hope you will like and and enjoy
i didn't include my everyday y/g escher. it has been used a lot and love that stone.
last picture show 's stamp on the brown escher.
Says very fine.

[linguist]

the stone on the right like the one sold here i think it is blue or purple like as i see.
but the one i saw is exact brown and i thought it is rusty or totally manganese but
it was used by the barbers maybe 50-60 years ago.
unluckily i don't have photo of it.
It is like natural combo stone. it has some minor cracks at the corners.
it is not transparent.
i searched it on internet but can not find anything.

[Disburden]

This is the brown http://www.razorandstone.com/showthr...r-a-good-razor

[Harvitz81]

They are French La Lune stones. I recently picked up a small 5" x 1" labeled one on eBay France, but haven't had a chance to really test it out yet. Sham regards them as better than Eschers and he knows his hones.

[linguist]

what do you think about this stone. according to my test it is finer than coticule.

[hig789]

Looks like a BBW to me.

[linguist]

hig789 it can't be because it is more than 50 (up to100) years old. BBW was produced after 1997.

[Disburden]

Bbw was produces before 1997. It was used to back old coticules for a hundred years.

[GreekGuy]

It's BBW

As others have said, the "brown escher" is actually a french stone

[life2short1971]

Thats BBW it was on the back of every coticule naturally or glued until Ardennes started using slate instead to save money.about a decade ago or so. It had a french name instead oif just Belgian Blue Whetstone but the rock is natural and coticules are natural yellow veins that run in the blue schist and are separated and cut into hones.

[linguist]

now i understand. thanks.

[life2short1971]

Your welcome. The stone also feels slicker than coticule and the blade usually slides across it easier with just water and with a slurry the BBW is capable of quite keen edges that are shave worthy in most cases even though it is said to have a lower abrasive quality. It is really just a slower stone but does not experience slurry dulling like its counterpart the coticule. A lot of times people find it easier to get a keener edge on the blue and the swicth to the yellow for finishing. Good luck with your stone. Scott

[mainaman]

hig789 it can't be because it is more than 50 (up to100) years old. BBW was produced after 1997.

i would say it was produced milions of years a go as they appear in natural combos with coticules.
Maybe the one you have was glued to a coticule in 1997?

[linguist]

mine is a coti. it is ok.
what is the grit of french stone?

[smalltank]

you cant really put a grit rating on natural stones..the catch is..you gotta figure out the grit rating on the slurry..thats where the metal removal happens..though you can figure out the hardness lvl4 or lvl5 for example

[Disburden]

mine is a coti. it is ok.
what is the grit of french stone?

With oil french stone is over 30k level. It says only for good razors because the edge will crumble if not good steel.

[linguist]

i am not sure if it is french stone but the price is over $100. how can i test it?